Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Zhao Qian sighed, and said: "Father, although that man is indeed a thief, but his clothes are so ragged and skinny, if he is really arrested and put in jail, wouldn't his wife and children?" Zhao Qian was obviously a little embarrassed. I can't bear it.

Zhao Kuo looked at the troubled elder son, and couldn't help laughing: "Silly boy, this thief is just making it up."

Zhao Qian was stunned: "Huh?"

Zhao Kuo said calmly: "If a person really has a wife, children and mother, then what he wants must be a stable job.

The annual growth rate of Handan's economy has exceeded 15% in recent years. The influx of a large number of laborers into Handan is not enough to meet the demand for business.

But he didn't. Instead, he thought about stealing for a living all day long.

Such people are lazy, not only useless to society, but even harmful to society.

Think about it, if a worker who has worked hard for a day comes to the market and wants to buy some food for his wife and children at home, and then the money is stolen by the thief without paying attention, that would be fair to these honest workers ?

Therefore, a thief is never worthy of pity, no matter how pitiful his reasons may seem!A man is a man, he has hands and feet and is not disabled. If he doesn't even have the ability to support himself and his family, then what kind of man is he? "

Zhao Kuo's words undoubtedly had a certain impact on Zhao Qian, making the young man thoughtful.

At this moment, a sharp woman's shout came suddenly.

"No, I beg you, my boss, give us another chance, otherwise we really have no way out!"

Chapter 968 A Kind of Problem

Zhao Kuo frowned immediately after hearing the voice, and then walked over.

Generally speaking, the first thought after hearing this kind of voice is that there may be some bullying happening, and Zhao Kuo thinks so too.

Turning a corner, Zhao Kuo saw a simple woman in coarse linen with her child kneeling on the floor of a small shop, begging a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman.

The middle-aged man looked at the woman, shook his head and said: "Mr. Jiang, it's not that the old man won't give you a way out, but it's you who did this. The old man really can't stand it."

The woman said: "Boss Zhang, if we lose this shop, we will really have no way out."

The middle-aged man known as Boss Zhang was obviously a little confused, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "No, you have to leave today!"

While talking, several men came out of the shop and put the cloth from various shops on the ground.

The woman stood up and wanted to stop her, but she was alone, so naturally she couldn't stop her.

These cloths all look quite cheap, obviously they are all styles that are more suitable for the general public.

There was also a circle of people pointing around, but no one stepped forward.

Zhao Qian looked at Zhao Kuo expectantly, and couldn't help but said, "Father, shall we go and have a look?"

Obviously, Zhao Qian felt compassion again.

Zhao Kuo nodded slowly and walked over: "What's going on?

Why are you so blatantly expelling businessmen in broad daylight? Don't you take the country's laws into account? "

Although it was only a short conversation, Zhao Kuo still understood that Zhang Zhang and his followers obviously wanted to drive the woman named Jiang out of her shop.

As soon as Zhao Kuo opened his mouth, he naturally attracted everyone's attention. Boss Zhang's eyes fell on Zhao Kuo, and he immediately became serious.

Although Zhao Kuo made a private visit in Weifu, this is only compared to Zhao Kuo's usual gorgeous and expensive clothes. Today, Zhao Kuo is still wearing a silk robe, coupled with the natural majesty of a high position for a long time. As a businessman for many years, Boss Zhang Where may not know the goods?

The next moment, Boss Zhang's waist naturally bent a few degrees, and a friendly and flattering smile appeared on his face immediately: "My lord, you don't know, there is actually something inside."

Zhao Qian beside Zhao Kuo couldn't help but said: "You are obviously bullying this mother and daughter, what excuses do you have?"

As a young man, Zhao Qian was undoubtedly at an age with a strong sense of justice, and with the support of his father, this wave naturally erupted directly.

Boss Zhang glanced at Zhao Qian, and found that Zhao Qian resembled those legendary sons of great nobles in terms of skin color, appearance, and clothes, and he also sat down in his heart. With a wry smile, he said, "Young Master, you don't know something, but you really have inside information.

This shop was actually bought by the villain from someone else, but the villain had been doing business in other places before, so he rented the shop to Jiang to sell cloth.

Now the development of Handan is getting better and better, the lease of the villain and the Jiang family has also expired, and the villain is tired from running around all these years, so he wants to go back to Handan to do some business in peace spend their old age.

So, the villain told Jiang that he wanted to take back the shop.

However, it has been half a year since the lease contract expired, and Mrs. Jiang refused to move out of the shop even if it was life or death. This villain did it helplessly. "

After Boss Zhang finished speaking, the surrounding crowd also began to discuss.

"This Jiang's family seems to be really poor. I haven't seen her man in the past few years, and the whole store is run by her alone."

"But Boss Zhang is right. She has been given half a year. What can she do if she doesn't move?"

"You are wrong, can you move if you want?"

The onlookers are like this, they usually dare not say what they want him to stand out for, but if it is just a discussion, then they dare to say anything.

Zhao Qian was stunned. The young man suddenly felt that things were not simple, which made him a little at a loss.

At this time, Zhao Kuo said lightly: "Mr. Jiang, is what the boss said true?"

Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Jiang Shi.

Mrs. Jiang's age is about [-], and beside her is a little girl who is about eight or nine years old and has a pretty appearance. Although the two mothers and daughters are dressed in simple clothes, they are surprisingly clean. The knee was inevitably contaminated by some dust.

Jiang's face was a little hesitant, but she still said with certainty: "My lord, what Boss Zhang said is indeed true."

After Jiang's words were finished, everyone present was in an uproar.

"I thought this Mrs. Jiang was very pitiful. After a long time, it turned out that he was a master who did not abide by the contract."

"That's right, isn't something like a contract that you have to abide by after it's made? It's too shameful to deny it like this."

Unlike Qin, which emphasizes agriculture and suppresses business, the commercial atmosphere among the six Shandong countries, including Zhao, is very strong, especially in Dongshi, a place full of merchants and commercial trade. This most basic business ethics is very important.

Zhao Qian's eyes widened even more. The young man's heart had obviously suffered a heavy blow. He never thought that the person he wanted to protect was actually a bad guy who didn't abide by the contract?

At this time, the little girl beside Jiang suddenly said, "No, mother is not lying, mother is for our family!"

The little girl's face was still stained with tears, but her eyes were clear and firm.

Zhao Kuo glanced at the little girl, and suddenly felt a slight movement in his heart.

Her eyes were a little frightened, but they revealed a kind of strength from the inside out.

She just looked at Zhao Qian beside Zhao Kuo, which made Zhao Qian afraid to look at her and looked away.

For some reason, Zhao Kuo suddenly felt moved at this moment.

Zhao Kuo said calmly: "Mr. Jiang, do you have something to hide?"

Mrs. Jiang hesitated for a moment, but still said: "It is such an adult, the husband of the civilian woman has been bedridden for many years and needs a lot of medical expenses, so the civilian wife has been working hard to run the business just to treat him.

Now if this shop is gone, the women will have no source of business in the future, and the husband of the women will, just." At this point, Jiang suddenly choked up and couldn't continue.

Zhao Kuo was silent for a while, then said: "Since the lease agreement between Boss Zhang and you has expired, why don't you find another shop to rent?"

Jiang stopped her sobs and said helplessly, "Your Excellency, I don't know that the lease agreement between the housewife and Boss Zhang was signed five years ago. At that time, the rent was not high, only three hundred dollars a month.

Now the rent in the Handan market is already [-] yuan a month, and the cloth sold by the women does not cost [-] yuan a month, so how can they afford it? "

The rent has more than tripled in five years, which is indeed quite expensive.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Boss Zhang next to him again, and said, "Since you have a contract in your hand, why don't you go to the market officials to deal with it?"

You must know that a contract for renting a store like this needs to be certified by the government, and a handling fee must be paid to the Zhao government when signing the contract.

In return, once one of the parties in the contract breaches the contract, the other party can take the contract to the market officials and demand that the defaulter be punished.

Boss Zhang sighed, and said: "To teach my lord to know, in fact, the old man knows a little bit about her family situation, if she really reports to the officials and takes her to prison, then her family will really be destroyed?

It's just that the old man's side is also in a tight spot now, and she's been given half a year. If the shop is not brought back to open for business, this business can't be done, and the old man can't support a family, please be careful. "

Zhao Qian beside Zhao Kuo was completely stunned when he heard these words.

At the beginning, Zhao Qian simply thought that Boss Zhang was bullying others, but after listening to it, he found out that Jiang was the one who broke the contract.

But Jiang's breach of the contract was helpless, because she had no way to move away, and she had no other means of earning a living to maintain her husband's medical expenses and support the family.

As for Boss Zhang, he also needs a store to do business to support his family, and he can't do without the store.

If one side is reasonable and the other side is not, then it will definitely be helpful, but now this kind of situation where both sides are reasonable but also unreasonable at the same time, it is undoubtedly quite entangled.

What should I do?

The young Zhao Qian's mind was in a mess, and he didn't know what to do.

Therefore, he could only look at Zhao Kuo for help, hoping that his father could solve this problem.

Zhao Kuo's face remained calm, he thought for a while, and then spoke.

"Jiang Shi, take me to your house to have a look.

Boss Zhang, you don't need to touch these cloths. I will give you an answer after a few days.

Of course, I don't make you wait in vain, these are your waiting fees. "

As he spoke, Zhao Kuoxin took out a small bag from his arms and threw it into Boss Zhang's hand.

Boss Zhang was taken aback, and hurriedly offered the bag with both hands, and said with an apologetic smile: "What are you talking about, since the adults want the little ones to wait, then just wait for the little ones. Please take it back, my lord."

Despite the small size of the bag, the weight is very heavy. Boss Zhang has been in business for so many years, and he knows the weight of it as soon as he passes it. He immediately has a recognition of Zhao Kuo's grandeur.

Coupled with Zhao Kuo's obvious aristocratic temperament, for a businessman like Boss Zhang, he can't wait to pay for his relationship with Zhao Kuo, so how can he accept Zhao Kuo's money?

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said lightly: "Take it, it's your reward for giving Jiang more than half a year and not reporting to the police to arrest her.

Alright Mrs. Jiang, lead the way. "

After listening to the conversation between Zhao Kuo and Boss Zhang, Mrs. Jiang already regarded Zhao Kuo as a great savior in her heart, so she immediately responded, took the little girl up and hurriedly led the way.

After Zhao Kuo and others left, Boss Zhang held the money bag in his hand with a complicated expression on his face.

"I didn't expect that there is such a kind-hearted adult in this world."

Boss Zhang came back to his senses, and said to the surrounding onlookers: "What else are you looking at?

It's all gone! "

The crowd of onlookers dispersed one after another, still talking about it.

"This Jiang family is lucky to be a nobleman."

"Do you think that nobleman will take Mrs. Jiang as his concubine?"

"Ha, what are you kidding?

That nobleman has an extraordinary temperament, how could he take a woman like Jiang's, who is also a businessman, as his concubine?

Let me tell you, that daughter of the Jiang family is not bad, if she is valued by that noble son and will be taken as a concubine by the son in the future, then she will be very successful. "

"After talking for a long time, can't you feel that the nobleman really only wants to help Jiang Shi sincerely?"

"Hahaha, everyone, come and see the idiot, there is actually someone here who thinks that those high-ranking nobles will care about the sufferings of our little people?"

"Hahahaha, it's funny, it's so funny!"

A burst of laughter.

These people who were talking a lot didn't notice that a few seemingly idle people were leaning on the side of the road and listening to what they had to say.

Zhao Kuo and Zhao Qian followed the Jiang family for nearly half an hour, turning all the way to the northeast of Handan City.

The southwest of Handan is where the emperor lived, so the northeast is naturally the place where the poorest people live.

The flat road has turned into a dirt road with potholes and muddy water at some point, and the neat walls of the market have also turned into dilapidated thatched huts with air leakage. There is a stench in the air from nowhere. On both sides of the road sat some vagrants with nothing to do, watching Zhao Kuo and his son with malicious eyes.

Zhao Qian raised his sleeves carefully, and tried to avoid stepping on muddy water with his boots, but soon he found that he couldn't keep up with his father's footsteps, so he had to give up his obsession with cleanliness and quickly follow.

This is a place where the young Zhao Qian has never been before. He felt a little scared in his heart, and subconsciously approached Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo's gaze was very calm, he looked around for a while, and sighed: "This place really hasn't changed in more than ten years."

Zhao Kuo came here not long after time travelling, but he didn't expect it to be the same as before.

It's just that Zhao Kuo didn't have the power to change these in the past, so what about now?

Finally, in the deepest part of an alley, Mrs. Jiang stopped, and said with some embarrassment: "You two gentlemen, this is the home of the women of the people. You two laughed at me."

Zhao Qian stared blankly at the house in front of him.

Can this also be called home?

It's just a few pieces of wood, and then a few pieces of tattered cloth are randomly covered on it, so that it barely looks like a tent, and it is considered a house.

Even if it is spring, a gust of spring breeze can blow through. If it is winter, Zhao Qian can hardly imagine how the Jiang family survived for so many years.

Zhao Kuo had a calm expression and said, "Go in and have a look."